Does distance from a clinic and poverty impact visit adherence for noncommunicable diseases? A retrospective cohort study using electronic medical records in rural Haiti

• Hlavní autoři: Lily D. Yan (Autor), Dufens Pierre-Louis (Autor), Benito D. Isaac (Autor), Waking Jean-Baptiste (Autor), Serge Vertilus (Autor), Darius Fenelon (Autor), Lisa R. Hirschhorn (Autor), Patricia L. Hibberd (Autor), Emelia J. Benjamin (Autor), Gene Bukhman (Autor), Gene F. Kwan (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Abstract Background Adherence to regular outpatient visits is vital to managing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a growing burden in low and middle-income countries. We characterized visit adherence among patients with NCDs in rural Haiti, hypothesizing higher poverty and distance from the clinic we...